Robert Delatolla is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, and CIHR Applied Public Health Chair of Environment, Climate Change and One Health. He is the Director of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Environmental Engineering, Director of the national CoVaRR-Net Wastewater Surveillance Research Group, co-founder of the Ontario Wastewater Surveillance Consortium. Professor Delatolla is an environmental engineer whose research focuses on translating wastewater and environmental monitoring into population and public health decision-making for pandemic preparedness and to improve health equity in Canada. He has recently been awarded the 2023-2024 George S. Glinski Award for Excellence in Research awarded by the University of Ottawa, the 2022-2023 Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Engineering Excellence Medal awarded by Professional Engineers Ontario, the 2022-2023 Covid-19 Public Health Innovation Fund Award awarded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and the Ontario Medical Association.
